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For the director of music. According to gittith.^[b] A psalm of David.

Lord , our Lord, how majestic is your name^(a) in all the earth! You have set your glory^(b) in the heavens.^(c)

Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold^(d) against your enemies, to silence the foe^(e) and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens,^(f) the work of your fingers,^(g) the moon and the stars,^(h) which you have set in place,

what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?^[c](i)

You have made them^[d] a little lower than the angels^[e](j) and crowned them^[f] with glory and honor.^(k)

You made them rulers^(l) over the works of your hands;^(m) you put everything under their^[g] feet:⁽ⁿ⁾

all flocks and herds,^(o) and the animals of the wild,^(p)

the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea,^(q) all that swim the paths of the seas.

Lord , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(r)

For the director of music. To the tune of "The Death of the Son." A psalm of David.

I will give thanks to you, Lord , with all my heart;^(a) I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^(b)

I will be glad and rejoice^(c) in you; I will sing the praises^(d) of your name,^(e) O Most High.

My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

For you have upheld my right^(f) and my cause,^(g) sitting enthroned^(h) as the righteous judge.⁽ⁱ⁾

You have rebuked the nations^(j) and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name^(k) for ever and ever.

Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities;^(l) even the memory of them^(m) has perished.

The Lord reigns forever;⁽ⁿ⁾ he has established his throne^(o) for judgment.

He rules the world in righteousness^(p) and judges the peoples with equity.^(q)

The Lord is a refuge^(r) for the oppressed,^(s) a stronghold in times of trouble.^(t)

Those who know your name^(u) trust in you, for you, Lord , have never forsaken^(v) those who seek you.^(w)

Sing the praises^(x) of the Lord , enthroned in Zion;^(y) proclaim among the nations^(z) what he has done.^(aa)

For he who avenges blood^(ab) remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(ac)

Lord , see how my enemies^(ad) persecute me! Have mercy^(ae) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(af)

that I may declare your praises^(ag) in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(ah) and there rejoice in your salvation.^(ai)

The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(aj) their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(ak)

The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[c](al)

The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(am) all the nations that forget God.^(an)

But God will never forget the needy; the hope^(ao) of the afflicted^(ap) will never perish.

Arise,^(aq) Lord , do not let mortals triumph;^(ar) let the nations be judged^(as) in your presence.

Strike them with terror,^(at) Lord ; let the nations know they are only mortal.^(au)